Casing for electric fans.



A. GREGORY.

CASING FOR ELECTRIC FANS.

APPLICATION mum JULY 19,1911.

1,040,934. Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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AIPLIOATION FILED JULY 19, 1911.

Patented 0013.8, 1912.

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ARTHUR GREGORY, 0F WYTHEVILLE, VIRGINIA.

CASING FOB ELE CTRIG FANS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed m 19, 1911. SerialNo. 639,848.

Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR GREGORY,

I a citizen of the United States, residing at Wytheville, in the countyof Wythe and State of Virginia, have invented new and eyes, the nose,the mouth and the ears of the representation being provided withopenings to permit of the discharge of the air blast created by the fan.

Another object ofthe invention is to provide the casing with deflectingmeans whereby the ourrents of air will be deflected upwardly anddownwardly and laterally so as to efiect a thorough distribution of theair.

Another object of the invention is to provide a casing that can beconveniently at tached to any well known form of fan motor frame orsupport.

In the drawings, forming a portion of this specification and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views:,Figure 1 is a perspective view of the casing showing the applicationof the same to the oscillating fan motor. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectiontherethrough. Fig. 3 is a vertical section therethrough. Fig. 4 is aview similar to Fig. 1 showing a slightly modified form of fan easing,the same being adapted for usein connection with a fan having a fixedlysupported motor, the easing havin a figure thereon representin a lionshea Fig. 5 is a view similar to lg. 4. showing the casing rovided with aminiaturerepresentation o an elephants head.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, of thedrawings, I provide a fan casin l that can be constructed of celluloid,car board, papier-mach, or

suitable flexible material or stiff material,

the latter being preferable. This casing is adapted to embraeethe fan Ashown in connection with the oscillating motor B, and as illustrated,thecasing is formed of bin ed sections 2 and 3, one section being proviedwith means 4, whereby it may be secured to the adjacent section and tohold the sections in their adjusted positions on the fan. De- VICGS 5are employed .for holding the fan against accidental displacement underthe force of'the air blast created by the fan, and as shown, thesedevices are carried by the casing and are detachably engaged with theportion C of the fan structure. The casing is provided with thegrotesque portions 7 which, in this instance, represent faces of humanbeings each being provided with a nose 8, the eyes 9, the mouth 10, andthe ears 11, and as shown, they are provided with openings 12 throughwhich the air agitated by the fan may be discharged.- I preferablyprovide the casing at points adjacent to the ears of the fi lres hereinrepresented withv deflectors 13 or deflecting the air currentslaterally. Similar deflectors 1 1 are also mounted inthe casing andarranged with respect to the nose portions of the figures so that theair when discharged in the easing will be deflected downwardly. asdescribed and shown herein, the figures of the casing represent humanfaces, figures representing animal faces or the like may be substitutedtherefor without departing from the spirit of the invention.

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In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4, the casing 15 comprisesthe sections 16 and 17 which are either singly or in their entiretyformed to provide the figure 18. This figure represents the head'ofalion or like animal and itis provided with the eyes 19, the nostrils 20,the mouth 21, and the ears 22. The cars of the animal figure shown formdeflectors for directing the air similar manner to the previouslydescribedforms of the invention, but, as shown, they are hinged, at 29,and are constructed of light materialso that on the displacement ordischar e of the air fron'rthe casing the ears will fla occasionallywhich will add desirably to thedevice and furnish considerableamusement. The ears willbe disposed slightly at an upward angle underthe force of the air when the fan is inoperationso that the currents ofair'will be discharged laterally as'in the preferred. form of theinvention. In this form of the invention the air discharged from thetrunk of the animal herein. illustrated will be distributed in a planebelow the airdischarged from the ears and the eyes; The latter featureof this form of the invention is most desirable asit is very necessaryfor aperfect ventilation or coolin of a room that the, air bedistributed at different planes.

1, The combination with an electric fan and a motor therefor, said fandischarging axially, of a casing inclosing said fan and motor andcomprising a rear Wall, a side wall and a front Wall, one of said Wallshaving a vertical series of relatively spaced together at the topthereof and means carried by each section and disposed on the bot tom ofthe section, thereby preventing any accidental displacement of thesections from their operative position, said means being detachablysecured and embracing a portion of the fan structure below the plane ofthe bottom of said rear section.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses;

4 ARTHUR GREGORY. Witnesses:

GEORGIE Broom,

C. M. HINK E.

